Comments on: Cinema 4D: Footage with an Alpha Channel

By: kristoffer

kristoffer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:25:31 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing this information. I’m really new to cinema 4d and 3d in general and I was puzzled by this for a long time.

I guess cinema just likes it straight…

also really good tutorials!

By: Cinema 4D: Footage with an alpha channel « HikaruTV

Cinema 4D: Footage with an alpha channel « HikaruTV — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:10:39 +0000

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By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:10:34 +0000

Hi Mark, I haven’t imported an images sequence into C4D and am not sure if it’s possible. Perhaps import the sequence into Quicktime and create a movie, then import that. Best, JD.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:12:18 +0000

How do you import an image sequence? If the footage is a jpeg sequence you can only select the first frame. Thanks for the tutorial.

By: John Dickinson

John Dickinson — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:00:10 +0000

If the clip wasn’t shot on green/blue screen then you’ll need to do some kind of rotoscoping using masks.

By: Eye

Eye — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:32:17 +0000

Hey i’m wondering how to make alpha video in after effect before using it into this tutorial (thanks )

By: illd

illd — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:12:29 +0000

Hey JD,
good and important tip. C4D handles Footage really okward sometimes.
Did you know that you can cache the preview of moving footage so you dont have to decrease the quality?
Under material Editor/color/ doublecklick the thumbnail. Then click to the animation tab on the top, select your framerate and the in and out point and hit the calculate button.
I think that works with all kind of channels.